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Ysco

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Ysco NV
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryIce cream
Founded1949
HeadquartersLangemark, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West Flanders, Belgium
Area served
Europe
Key people
Bert Van Nieuwenborgh (CEO)
Productsice cream
RevenueIncrease 190 million EUR (2009)
Number of employees
700 (2009)
ParentMilcobel
Websitewww.ysco.eu

Ysco is a Belgian producer of ice cream. Since its foundation in 1949, the company has become a prominent European leader in the production of frozen desserts.[1] Ysco is part of the dairy cooperative Milcobel. Ysco is a private label specialist supplying the largest European retailers but is also an important market player in the Foodservice sector with a range of own brands. Among the most notable own ice cream brands are Ysco and Appassionato.

In 2009, the company produced approximately 180,000,000 litres (40,000,000 imp gal; 48,000,000 US gal) of ice cream.[2][3]

History

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1949 Start of ice cream production in Zarren
1975 Building of production hall in Langemark, production of 200 000 litre
1992 Foundation of Belgomilk cv
1998 Acquisition of OZF-Jamin icecream (Oosterhout, Netherlands)
2000 Ysco becomes an independent subsidiary of Belgomilk
2001 Acquisition of Ségès-Frigécrème ( Argentan, France )
2004 Investment in a new magnum line, Ysco achieves IFS higher level
2006 Transfer of the machinery in Oosterhout Towards Argentan and Langemark
2006 New mix plant in Langemark
2008 Investment in a new cone line, New automated coldstore in Ypres

See also

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References

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  1. ^ www.belgianicecream.be
  2. ^ "Food Chain - Cream of the crop". 2007-07-16. Archived from the original on 16 July 2007. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
  3. ^ Kok, Gerjo (September 2010). "Wie heeft het grootste probleem van het land?". Psychologie en Gezondheid. 38 (3): 146–147. doi:10.1007/bf03089372. ISSN 0921-5360. S2CID 147334490.
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